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New Orchestra Chairs Promise Better Musical Results
Mike Lawson | July 12, 2012Designer David Brothers has introduced a new orchestra chair designed to optimize musicians’ posture and breathing. Designer David Brothers has introduced a new orchestra chair designed to optimize musicians’ posture and breathing. Brothers, a professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s School of Art and Design, says that focusing a chair’s ability to influence […] Read More... -
Nationwide Summer Symphony Festivals Round-Up
Mike Lawson | July 12, 2012The Chicago Tribune has collected a comprehensive list of the country’s best summer classical music festivals that could be a useful tool in any educator or musical parent’s calendar. The Chicago Tribune has collected a comprehensive list of the country’s best summer classical music festivals that could be a useful tool in any educator or […] Read More... -
Australia Pledges to Give Every Young Student Arts Education
Mike Lawson | July 12, 2012The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported great news for Australian arts advocates – every student in the country’s school system will now study dance, drama, media arts, and visual arts until they’re 10. The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported great news for Australian arts advocates – every student in the country’s school system will now […] Read More... -
Founder of the Choral Arts Society Retires
SBO Staff | June 30, 2012Norman Scribner, founder of the prestigious Choral Arts Society of Washington D.C., as well as its artistic director for the past 47 years, is stepping down. Read More... -
Choral Conductor Noble named Lowell Mason Fellow by NAfME
SBO Staff | June 30, 2012Weston Noble, internationally acclaimed choral conductor and music educator and Professor Emeritus at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, has been designated a Lowell Mason Fellow. Lowell Mason (1792-1872) is credited with introducing music instruction to American public schools and establishing teacher training in music education. Read More... -
New Music Ed Standards & Assessment Site
SBO Staff | June 30, 2012MakeMusic, Inc., creators of SmartMusic learning and assessment software, has announced the launch of the Music Education Standards and Assessment website (online at www.musicstandards.org). Read More... -
INTERKULTUR launches ChoirTV.com
SBO Staff | June 30, 2012INTERKULTUR has recently launched ChoirTV.com, a new website that aims to create an international choir community in the virtual world and bring people closer together. Intended to be “more than just a platform for videos,” ChoirTV.com hopes to be a new virtual meeting place for choirs from all over the world. Read More... -
Philip Glass Premiere’s New Work on the Streets of NYC
SBO Staff | June 30, 2012As a part of Make Music New York 2012, the annual music festival in New York City marking the beginning of summer, celebrated composer Philip Glass debuted a new choral arrangement of “The New Rule” in Midtown Manhattan’s Father Duffy Square. Read More... -
New Music Ed Standards & Assessment Site
Mike Lawson | June 20, 2012MakeMusic, Inc., creators of SmartMusic learning and assessment software, has announced the launch of the Music Education Standards and Assessment website MakeMusic, Inc., creators of SmartMusic learning and assessment software, has announced the launch of the Music Education Standards and Assessment website (online at www.musicstandards.org). Music educators and administrators are increasingly aware of the rising expectations […] Read More... -
Deaf Drummer Earns Spot In U. Arkansas Corps
Mike Lawson | June 20, 2012Fox News reports that University of Arkansas student Mitchell Moore won a spot on the school’s Razorback Marching Band, despite requiring cochlear implants to sense any sound at all. Fox News reports that University of Arkansas student Mitchell Moore won a spot on the school’s Razorback Marching Band, despite requiring cochlear implants to sense any […] Read More... -
A Classical Music Rebirth in Palestine
Mike Lawson | June 20, 2012The Times traces a resurgence in music from the 1993 founding of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music through the establishment in 2010 of the Palestine National Orchestra. The New York Times recently checked in on the increasing importance of Western classical music in Palestine. The music has a rich history there, including the […] Read More... -
YOURS Project Offers Free Education to Chicago Students
Mike Lawson | June 20, 2012A new program in one of Chicago’s public schools named for The People’s Music School’s founder, Youth Orchestras United Rita Simo, is providing free orchestral music education to Chicago Public School children. A new program in one of Chicago’s public schools named for The People’s Music School’s founder, Youth Orchestras United Rita Simo, is providing […] Read More...
